Publications
2012
- Hinard, V., Mikhail, C., Pradervand, S., Curie, T., Houtkooper, R. H., Auwerx, J., Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Key electrophysiological, molecular, and metabolic signatures of sleep and wakefulness revealed in primary cortical cultures. J Neurosci 2012, 32:12506-17. URL
Oudiette, D., Dealberto, M. J., Uguccioni, G., Golmard, J. L., Merino-Andreu, M., Tafti, M., Garma, L., Schwartz, S., Arnulf, I.: Dreaming without REM sleep. Conscious Cogn 2012, 21:1129-40. URL
Haba-Rubio, J., Andries, D., Rey, V., Michel, P., Tafti, M., Heinzer, R.: Effect of transnasal insufflation on sleep disordered breathing in acute stroke: a preliminary study. Sleep Breath 2012, 16:759-64. URL
Haba-Rubio, J., Prior, J. O., Guedj, E., Tafti, M., Heinzer, R., Rossetti, A. O.: Kleine-Levin syndrome: functional imaging correlates of hypersomnia and behavioral symptoms. Neurology 2012, 79:1927-9. URL
Peraita-Adrados, R., Vicario, J. L., Tafti, M., Garcia de Leon, M., Billiard, M.: Monozygotic twins affected with Kleine-Levin syndrome. Sleep 2012, 35:595-6. URL
Hasan, S., Dauvilliers, Y., Mongrain, V., Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Age-related changes in sleep in inbred mice are genotype dependent. Neurobiol Aging 2012, 33:195 e13-26. URL
Heinzer, R. C., Pellaton, C., Rey, V., Rossetti, A. O., Lecciso, G., Haba-Rubio, J., Tafti, M., Lavigne, G.: Positional therapy for obstructive sleep apnea: an objective measurement of patients' usage and efficacy at home. Sleep Med 2012, 13:425-8. URL
Vienne, J., Lecciso, G., Constantinescu, I., Schwartz, S., Franken, P., Heinzer, R., Tafti, M.: Differential effects of sodium oxybate and baclofen on EEG, sleep, neurobehavioral performance, and memory. Sleep 2012, 35:1071-83. URL
2011
- Hor, H., Bartesaghi, L., Kutalik, Z., Vicario, J. L., de Andres, C., Pfister, C., Lammers, G. J., Guex, N., Chrast, R., Tafti, M., Peraita-Adrados, R.: A missense mutation in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein as a cause of familial narcolepsy with cataplexy. Am J Hum Genet 2011, 89:474-9. URL
Haba-Rubio, J., Tafti, M., Heinzer, R., Bond, D. S., Wing, R. R.: Improvement of migraine headaches in severely obese patients after bariatric surgery. Neurology 2011, 77:1772-3. URL
Marclay, F., Saudan, C., Vienne, J., Tafti, M., Saugy, M.: Source inference of exogenous gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) administered to humans by means of carbon isotopic ratio analysis: novel perspectives regarding forensic investigation and intelligence issues. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011, 400:1105-12. URL
Vassalli, A., Feinstein, P., Mombaerts, P.: Homeodomain binding motifs modulate the probability of odorant receptor gene choice in transgenic mice. Mol Cell Neurosci 2011, 46:381-96. URL
Haba-Rubio, J., Rossetti, A. O., Tafti, M., Heinzer, R.: [Narcolepsy with cataplexy associated with H1N1 vaccination]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2011, 167:563-6. URL
2010
- Hor, H., Kutalik, Z., Dauvilliers, Y., Valsesia, A., Lammers, G. J., Donjacour, C. E., Iranzo, A., Santamaria, J., Peraita Adrados, R., Vicario, J. L., Overeem, S., Arnulf, I., Theodorou, I., Jennum, P., Knudsen, S., Bassetti, C., Mathis, J., Lecendreux, M., Mayer, G., Geisler, P., Beneto, A., Petit, B., Pfister, C., Burki, J. V., Didelot, G., Billiard, M., Ercilla, G., Verduijn, W., Claas, F. H., Vollenwider, P., Waeber, G., Waterworth, D. M., Mooser, V., Heinzer, R., Beckmann, J. S., Bergmann, S., Tafti, M.: Genome-wide association study identifies new HLA class II haplotypes strongly protective against narcolepsy. Nat Genet 2010, 42:786-9. URL
Vienne, J., Bettler, B., Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Differential effects of GABAB receptor subtypes, {gamma}-hydroxybutyric Acid, and Baclofen on EEG activity and sleep regulation. J Neurosci 2010, 30:14194-204. URL
Rossetti, A. O., Heinzer, R. C., Tafti, M., Buclin, T.: Rapid occurrence of depression following addition of sodium oxybate to modafinil. Sleep Med 2010, 11:500-1. URL
Cvetkovic-Lopes, V., Bayer, L., Dorsaz, S., Maret, S., Pradervand, S., Dauvilliers, Y., Lecendreux, M., Lammers, G. J., Donjacour, C. E., Du Pasquier, R. A., Pfister, C., Petit, B., Hor, H., Muhlethaler, M., Tafti, M.: Elevated Tribbles homolog 2-specific antibody levels in narcolepsy patients. J Clin Invest 2010, 120:713-9. URL
Lammers, G. J., Bassetti, C., Billiard, M., Black, J., Broughton, R., Dauvilliers, Y., Ferini Strambi, L., Garcia-Borreguero, D., Goswami, M., Hogl, B., Iranzo, A., Jennum, P., Khatami, R., Lecendreux, M., Mayer, G., Mignot, E., Montplaisir, J., Nevsimalova, S., Peraita-Adrados, R., Plazzi, G., Scammell, T., Silber, M., Sonka, K., Tafti, M., Thorpy, M.: Sodium oxybate is an effective and safe treatment for narcolepsy. Sleep Med 2010, 11:105-6; author reply 106-8. URL
Delessert, A., Espa, F., Rossetti, A., Lavigne, G., Tafti, M., Heinzer, R.: Pulse wave amplitude drops during sleep are reliable surrogate markers of changes in cortical activity. Sleep 2010, 33:1687-92. URL
2009
- Tafti, M.: Genetic aspects of normal and disturbed sleep. Sleep Med 2009, 10 Suppl 1:S17-21. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Abril, B., Mas, E., Michel, F., Tafti, M.: Normalization of hypocretin-1 in narcolepsy after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. Neurology 2009, 73:1333-4. URL
Hasan, S., Pradervand, S., Ahnaou, A., Drinkenburg, W., Tafti, M., Franken, P.: How to keep the brain awake? The complex molecular pharmacogenetics of wake promotion. Neuropsychopharmacology 2009, 34:1625-40. URL
Hor, H., Tafti, M.: Physiology. How much sleep do we need?. Science 2009, 325:825-6. URL
2008
- Rossetti, A. O., Heinzer, R., Espa, F., Tafti: Unilateral periodic leg movements during wakefulness and sleep after a parietal hemorrhage. Sleep Med 2008, 9:465-466. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Tafti, M.: The genetic basis of sleep disorders. Curr Pharm Des 2008, 14:3386-95. URL
Andretic, R., Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Genetics of sleep. Annu Rev Genet 2008, 42:361-88. URL
2007
- Tafti, M.: Reply to 'Promotion of sleep by targeting the orexin system in rats, dogs and humans'. Nat Med 2007, 13:525-6; author reply 526. URL
Tafti, M., Dauvilliers, Y., Overeem, S.: Narcolepsy and familial advanced sleep-phase syndrome: molecular genetics of sleep disorders. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2007, 17:222-7. URL
Maret, S., Dorsaz, S., Gurcel, L., Pradervand, S., Petit, B., Pfister, C., Hagenbuchle, O., O'Hara, B. F., Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Homer1a is a core brain molecular correlate of sleep loss. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007, 104:20090-5. URL
Tafti, M., Ghyselinck, N. B.: Functional implication of the vitamin A signaling pathway in the brain. Arch Neurol 2007, 64:1706-11. URL
Tafti, M., Franken, P.: Molecular analysis of sleep. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2007, 72:573-8. URL
Tafti, M.: Quantitative genetics of sleep in inbred mice. Dialogues Clin Neurosci 2007, 9:273-8. URL
2006
- Baumann, C. R., Kilic, E., Petit, B., Werth, E., Hermann, D. M., Tafti, M., Bassetti, C. L.: Sleep EEG changes after middle cerebral artery infarcts in mice: different effects of striatal and cortical lesions. Sleep 2006, 29:1339-44. URL
Rissling, I., Frauscher, B., Kronenberg, F., Tafti, M., Stiasny-Kolster, K., Robyr, A. C., Korner, Y., Oertel, W. H., Poewe, W., Hogl, B., Moller, J. C.: Daytime sleepiness and the COMT val158met polymorphism in patients with Parkinson disease. Sleep 2006, 29:108-11. URL
Huang, Y. S., Tafti, M., Guilleminault, C.: Daytime sleepiness with and without cataplexy in Chinese-Taiwanese patients. Sleep Med 2006, 7:454-7. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Tafti, M.: Molecular genetics and treatment of narcolepsy. Ann Med 2006, 38:252-62. URL
2005
- Maret, S., Franken, P., Dauvilliers, Y., Ghyselinck, N. B., Chambon, P., Tafti, M.: Retinoic acid signaling affects cortical synchrony during sleep. Science 2005, 310:111-3. URL
Maret, S., Tafti, M.: Genetics of narcolepsy and other major sleep disorders. Swiss Med Wkly 2005, 135:662-5. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Maret, S., Tafti, M.: Genetics of normal and pathological sleep in humans. Sleep Med Rev 2005, 9:91-100. URL
Tafti, M., Maret, S., Dauvilliers, Y.: Genes for normal sleep and sleep disorders. Ann Med 2005, 37:580-9. URL
2004
- Dauvilliers, Y., Blouin, J. L., Neidhart, E., Carlander, B., Eliaou, J. F., Antonarakis, S. E., Billiard, M., Tafti, M.: A narcolepsy susceptibility locus maps to a 5 Mb region of chromosome 21q. Ann Neurol 2004, 56:382-8. URL
Gachon, F., Fonjallaz, P., Damiola, F., Gos, P., Kodama, T., Zakany, J., Duboule, D., Petit, B., Tafti, M., Schibler, U.: The loss of circadian PAR bZip transcription factors results in epilepsy. Genes Dev 2004, 18:1397-412. URL
Frauscher, B., Hogl, B., Maret, S., Wolf, E., Brandauer, E., Wenning, G. K., Kronenberg, M. F., Kronenberg, F., Tafti, M., Poewe, W.: Association of daytime sleepiness with COMT polymorphism in patients with parkinson disease: a pilot study. Sleep 2004, 27:733-6. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Maret, S., Bassetti, C., Carlander, B., Billiard, M., Touchon, J., Tafti, M.: A monozygotic twin pair discordant for narcolepsy and CSF hypocretin-1. Neurology 2004, 62:2137-8. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Carlander, B., Rivier, F., Touchon, J., Tafti, M.: Successful management of cataplexy with intravenous immunoglobulins at narcolepsy onset. Ann Neurol 2004, 56:905-8. URL
Khatami, R., Maret, S., Werth, E., Retey, J., Schmid, D., Maly, F., Tafti, M., Bassetti, C. L.: Monozygotic twins concordant for narcolepsy-cataplexy without any detectable abnormality in the hypocretin (orexin) pathway. Lancet 2004, 363:1199-200. URL
Tafti, M., Franken, P.: Genetics of delta and theta activities during sleep: Deficiency in short-chain fatty acid -oxidation affects theta oscillations during sleep. Sleep Biol Rhythms 2004, 2:34-5.
Dauvilliers, Y., Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Genetic regulation of sleep In Sleep: Circuits and Function Edited by Luppi CRC Press; 2004: 123-44.
2003
- Dauvilliers, Y., Carlander, B., Molinari, N., Desautels, A., Okun, M., Tafti, M., Montplaisir, J., Mignot, E., Billiard, M.: Month of birth as a risk factor for narcolepsy. Sleep 2003, 26:663-5. URL
Franken, P., Tafti, M.: Genetics of sleep and sleep disorders. Front Biosci 2003, 8:e381-97. URL
Tafti, M., Petit, B., Chollet, D., Neidhart, E., de Bilbao, F., Kiss, J. Z., Wood, P. A., Franken, P.: Deficiency in short-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation affects theta oscillations during sleep. Nat Genet 2003, 34:320-5. URL
Tafti, M.: Immunogenetics and sleep disorders. Pharmacogenomics 2003, 4:365-7. URL
Tafti, M., Dauvilliers, Y.: Pharmacogenomics in the treatment of narcolepsy. Pharmacogenomics 2003, 4:23-33. URL
Lecendreux, M., Bassetti, C., Dauvilliers, Y., Mayer, G., Neidhart, E., Tafti, M.: HLA and genetic susceptibility to sleepwalking. Mol Psychiatry 2003, 8:114-7. URL
Lecendreux, M., Maret, S., Bassetti, C., Mouren, M. C., Tafti, M.: Clinical efficacy of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins near the onset of narcolepsy in a 10-year-old boy. J Sleep Res 2003, 12:347-8. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Baumann, C. R., Carlander, B., Bischof, M., Blatter, T., Lecendreux, M., Maly, F., Besset, A., Touchon, J., Billiard, M., Tafti, M., Bassetti, C. L.: CSF hypocretin-1 levels in narcolepsy, Kleine-Levin syndrome, and other hypersomnias and neurological conditions. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003, 74:1667-73. URL
2002
- Tafti, M., Franken, P.: Invited review: genetic dissection of sleep. J Appl Physiol 2002, 92:1339-47. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Mayer, G., Lecendreux, M., Neidhart, E., Peraita-Adrados, R., Sonka, K., Billiard, M., Tafti, M.: Kleine-Levin syndrome: an autoimmune hypothesis based on clinical and genetic analyses. Neurology 2002, 59:1739-45. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Neidhart, E., Billiard, M., Tafti, M.: Sexual dimorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene in narcolepsy is associated with response to modafinil. Pharmacogenomics J 2002, 2:65-8. URL
2001
- Chollet, D., Franken, P., Raffin, Y., Henrotte, J. G., Widmer, J., Malafosse, A., Tafti, M.: Magnesium involvement in sleep: genetic and nutritional models. Behav Genet 2001, 31:413-25. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Tafti, M., Billiard, M.: [Genetics of human narcolepsy]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2001, 157:S92-6. URL
Dauvilliers, Y., Neidhart, E., Lecendreux, M., Billiard, M., Tafti, M.: MAO-A and COMT polymorphisms and gene effects in narcolepsy. Mol Psychiatry 2001, 6:367-72. URL
Franken, P., Chollet, D., Tafti, M.: The homeostatic regulation of sleep need is under genetic control. J Neurosci 2001, 21:2610-21. URL
2000
- Franken, P., Lopez-Molina, L., Marcacci, L., Schibler, U., Tafti, M.: The transcription factor DBP affects circadian sleep consolidation and rhythmic EEG activity. J Neurosci 2000, 20:617-25. URL
Chollet, D., Franken, P., Raffin, Y., Malafosse, A., Widmer, J., Tafti, M.: Blood and brain magnesium in inbred mice and their correlation with sleep quality. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000, 279:R2173-8. URL
1999
- Franken, P., Malafosse, A., Tafti, M.: Genetic determinants of sleep regulation in inbred mice. Sleep 1999, 22:155-69. URL
Tafti, M., Chollet, D., Valatx, J. L., Franken, P.: Quantitative trait loci approach to the genetics of sleep in recombinant inbred mice. J Sleep Res 1999, 8 Suppl 1:37-43. URL
Schibler, U., Tafti, M.: Molecular approaches towards the isolation of sleep-related genes. J Sleep Res 1999, 8 Suppl 1:1-10. URL
Le Hellard, S., Neidhart, E., Thomas, P., Feingold, J., Malafosse, A., Tafti, M.: Lack of association between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and HLA-DR13. Epilepsia 1999, 40:117-9. URL
1998
- Franken, P., Malafosse, A., Tafti, M.: Genetic variation in EEG activity during sleep in inbred mice. Am J Physiol 1998, 275:R1127-37. URL
Reid, M. S., Nishino, S., Tafti, M., Siegel, J. M., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Neuropharmacological characterization of basal forebrain cholinergic stimulated cataplexy in narcoleptic canines. Exp Neurol 1998, 151:89-104. URL
Besset, A., Villemin, E., Tafti, M., Billiard, M.: Homeostatic process and sleep spindles in patients with sleep-maintenance insomnia: effect of partial (21 h) sleep deprivation. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1998, 107:122-32. URL
1997
- Tafti, M., Nishino, S., Liao, W., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Mesopontine organization of cholinergic and catecholaminergic cell groups in the normal and narcoleptic dog. J Comp Neurol 1997, 379:185-97. URL
Nishino, S., Tafti, M., Sampathkumaran, R., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Circadian distribution of rest/activity in narcoleptic and control dogs: assessment with ambulatory activity monitoring. J Sleep Res 1997, 6:120-7. URL
Tafti, M., Franken, P., Kitahama, K., Malafosse, A., Jouvet, M., Valatx, J. L.: Localization of candidate genomic regions influencing paradoxical sleep in mice. Neuroreport 1997, 8:3755-8. URL
1996
- Reid, M. S., Tafti, M., Nishino, S., Sampathkumaran, R., Siegel, J. M., Mignot, E.: Local administration of dopaminergic drugs into the ventral tegmental area modulates cataplexy in the narcoleptic canine. Brain Res 1996, 733:83-100. URL
Kanbayashi, T., Nishino, S., Tafti, M., Hishikawa, Y., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Thalidomide, immune modulation and narcolepsy. Sleep 1996, 19:116. URL
Kanbayashi, T., Nishino, S., Tafti, M., Hishikawa, Y., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Thalidomide, a hypnotic with immune modulating properties, increases cataplexy in canine narcolepsy. Neuroreport 1996, 7:1881-6. URL
Tafti, M., Nishino, S., Aldrich, M. S., Liao, W., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Major histocompatibility class II molecules in the CNS: increased microglial expression at the onset of narcolepsy in canine model. J Neurosci 1996, 16:4588-95. URL
1995
- Nishino, S., Tafti, M., Reid, M. S., Shelton, J., Siegel, J. M., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Muscle atonia is triggered by cholinergic stimulation of the basal forebrain: implication for the pathophysiology of canine narcolepsy. J Neurosci 1995, 15:4806-14. URL
Mignot, E., Tafti, M., Dement, W. C., Grumet, F. C.: Narcolepsy and immunity. Adv Neuroimmunol 1995, 5:23-37. URL
Besset, A., Tafti, M., Villemin, E., Borderies, P., Billiard, M.: Effects of zolpidem on the architecture and cyclical structure of sleep in poor sleepers. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1995, 21:161-9. URL
1994
- Hirsch, M., Carlander, B., Verge, M., Tafti, M., Anaya, J. M., Billiard, M., Sany, J.: Objective and subjective sleep disturbances in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A reappraisal. Arthritis Rheum 1994, 37:41-9. URL
Orellana, C., Villemin, E., Tafti, M., Carlander, B., Besset, A., Billiard, M.: Life events in the year preceding the onset of narcolepsy. Sleep 1994, 17:S50-3. URL
Besset, A., Tafti, M., Nobile, L., Billiard, M.: Homeostasis and narcolepsy. Sleep 1994, 17:S29-34. URL
Reid, M. S., Tafti, M., Nishino, S., Siegel, J. M., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Cholinergic regulation of cataplexy in canine narcolepsy in the pontine reticular formation is mediated by M2 muscarinic receptors. Sleep 1994, 17:424-35. URL
Reid, M. S., Tafti, M., Geary, J. N., Nishino, S., Siegel, J. M., Dement, W. C., Mignot, E.: Cholinergic mechanisms in canine narcolepsy--I. Modulation of cataplexy via local drug administration into the pontine reticular formation. Neuroscience 1994, 59:511-22. URL
1993
- Besset, A., Tafti, M., Villemin, E., Billiard, M.: [The effects of modafinil (300mg) on sleep, sleepiness and arousal in narcoleptic patients]. Neurophysiol Clin 1993, 23:47-60. URL
Mayeux, V., Tafti, M., Baldy-Moulinier, M., Valmier, J.: Developmental regulation of carbonic anhydrase expression in mouse dorsal root ganglia. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 1993, 71:201-8. URL
Polo, O., Tafti, M., Fraga, J., Billiard, M.: Pharyngeal CT studies in patients with mild or severe upper airway obstruction during sleep. Sleep 1993, 16:S152-5. URL
Sonka, K., Tafti, M., Billiard, M.: [Polysomnography findings in middle-aged and elderly narcoleptics]. Sb Lek 1993, 94:333-44. URL
1992
- Tafti, M., Besset, A., Billiard, M.: Effects of zopiclone on subjective evaluation of sleep and daytime alertness and on psychomotor and physical performance tests in athletes. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1992, 16:55-63. URL
Polo, O., Tafti, M., Hamalainen, M., Vaahtoranta, K., Alihanka, J.: Respiratory variation of the ballistocardiogram during increased respiratory load and voluntary central apnoea. Eur Respir J 1992, 5:257-62. URL
Tafti, M., Villemin, E., Carlander, B., Besset, A., Billiard, M.: Sleep onset rapid-eye-movement episodes in narcolepsy: REM sleep pressure or nonREM-REM sleep dysregulation?. J Sleep Res 1992, 1:245-250. URL
Tafti, M., Rondouin, G., Besset, A., Billiard, M.: Sleep deprivation in narcoleptic subjects: effect on sleep stages and EEG power density. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1992, 83:339-49. URL
Tafti, M., Villemin, E., Carlander, B., Besset, A., Billiard, M.: Sleep in human narcolepsy revisited with special reference to prior wakefulness duration. Sleep 1992, 15:344-51. URL
1991
- Polo, O. J., Tafti, M., Fraga, J., Porkka, K. V., Dejean, Y., Billiard, M.: Why don't all heavy snorers have obstructive sleep apnea?. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991, 143:1288-93. URL
1990
- Valmier, J., Tafti, M., Baldy-Moulinier, M.: Skeletal muscle extracts promote the survival of neurofilament-positive mammalian sensory neurons. Neurosci Lett 1990, 114:39-44. URL
1989
- Tafti, M., Verge, M., Besset, A., Billiard, M.: [A world record in marathon tennis: sleep deprivation and performance]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil 1989, 183:474-81. URL


